SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie listens to customers &employees to drive growth, diversity on BoD | E990

In this episode, Jason Calacanis discusses corporate governance, venture investing and the WeWork debacle with Zander Lurie. They also explore SurveyMonkey's shift to Enterprise SaaS, and the role of customer feedback in business growth. The conversation concludes with Yosiat Gimbernard's insights on scalability through integration.

Speakers

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 33%

Zander Lurie

Guest • 49%

Yosiat Gimbernard

Guest • 16%

Chapters

0:00	Opening
1:45	Zander’s take on the recent volatility in the public markets
3:38	What are the lessons learned from the WeWork disaster in terms of corporate governance?
6:09	Importance of diversity on BoD
10:18	Where does WeWork go from here, and how will the situation resolve?
12:35	Why Venture investing is so skewed towards growth, and why the best investors focus on gross profitability
14:41	What is SurveyMonkey’s current business, and why did they go into Enterprise SaaS?
19:20	How listening to customers & employees drives growth
23:33	How Dave Goldberg discovered SurveyMonkey and turned it into the company it is today
25:47	How Zander wound up as CEO after Dave’s passing
28:51	Zander’s thoughts on a Direct Listing as opposed to an IPO
30:42	Getting Serena Williams on the Board of Directors at SurveyMonkey
35:12	Motivating & hiring Gen Z & Millennial employees
37:45	Yosiat from Odoo on integration enabling scalability

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